"Feces" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
| Descriptor ID |
D005243
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.459
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Feces" by people in Profiles.
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Fecal carbohydrate-degrading bacteria are associated with reduced incidence of lower gastrointestinal GVHD. Blood Adv. 2026 Mar 24; 10(6):1979-1991.
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Adenoviruses found in bats of southwestern Texas. Arch Virol. 2025 Dec 18; 171(1):22.
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Genome-based reclassification of Peribacillus castrilensis Rodr?guez et al. 2023 as a later heterotypic synonym of Peribacillus frigoritolerans (Delaporte and Sasson 1967) Montecillo and Bae 2022, and an emended description of Peribacillus frigoritolerans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2025 Dec; 75(12).
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Assembly of the infant gut microbiome and resistome are linked to bacterial strains in mother's milk. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 22; 16(1):11536.
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Evaluating impacts of improved flooring on enteric and parasitic infections in rural households in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 06; 15(6):e090464.
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Human milk variation is shaped by maternal genetics and impacts the infant gut microbiome. Cell Genom. 2024 Oct 09; 4(10):100638.
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Obesity-associated microbiomes instigate visceral adipose tissue inflammation by recruitment of distinct neutrophils. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 27; 15(1):5434.
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Clostridium tanneri sp. nov., isolated from the faecal material of an alpaca. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2024 May; 74(5).
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Patterns and determinants of the global herbivorous mycobiome. Nat Commun. 2023 06 26; 14(1):3798.
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Somewhere to go: assessing the impact of public restroom interventions on reports of open defecation in San Francisco, California from 2014 to 2020. BMC Public Health. 2022 09 04; 22(1):1673.